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Re: Muay Thai without Sparring?
Muay Thai involves alot of sparring.It is tough and very realistic in every way.If all your school does is bag and pad work you have to question why ?
Without sparring in Muay Thai you simply aren't doing Muay Thai.If you want to learn real Muay Thai maybe you should consider going to a new school.
Heavy bag and pad work help condition you,makes one faster and puncher harder but doing these alone will not make you a better fighter.Sparring is what makes you a better fighter.
Think about it how can your fighting skills improve if you're not used to hitting a target that hits back and if you aren't used to taking hits ? You can't.
Muay Thai without sparring would be like asking for a cheese burger without cheese it simply makes no sense.
Originally posted by wutang
I just started at a local Muay Thai school that is TBA associated (I'm from a BJJ background primarily) and I found out from a guy there that has been training there for over a year that there is no sparring there. Is this common? If all you do is pad work or heavy bag training, will this give you the skills to fight? I'm all confused, I thought Muay Thai was tough because it was realistic and realistic means lots of sparring like BJJ.
I just started at a local Muay Thai school that is TBA associated (I'm from a BJJ background primarily) and I found out from a guy there that has been training there for over a year that there is no sparring there. Is this common? If all you do is pad work or heavy bag training, will this give you the skills to fight? I'm all confused, I thought Muay Thai was tough because it was realistic and realistic means lots of sparring like BJJ.
Without sparring in Muay Thai you simply aren't doing Muay Thai.If you want to learn real Muay Thai maybe you should consider going to a new school.
Heavy bag and pad work help condition you,makes one faster and puncher harder but doing these alone will not make you a better fighter.Sparring is what makes you a better fighter.
Think about it how can your fighting skills improve if you're not used to hitting a target that hits back and if you aren't used to taking hits ? You can't.
Muay Thai without sparring would be like asking for a cheese burger without cheese it simply makes no sense.
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